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· 6/27/2006

Taylor, Lorenzo v. Rice, Condoleeza

Citations

  • 451 F.3d 898
  • 371 U.S. App. D.C. 383
  • 18 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 1
  • 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 16082
  • 2006 WL 1736199

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • recognizing that, although “[w]hether a proposed accommodation is reasonable and whether it imposes undue hardship are separate inquiries, . . . “the analyses often overlap, especially when evaluating as-applied claims of reasonableness” (internal citation omitted)
  • concluding that issues of fact regarding a job’s essential functions precluded summary 1 judgment for the employer because the record showed that, in practice, employer did not require 2 all other employees to abide by the claimed essential function
  • Rehabilitation Act provides a private right of action against federal agencies for employment discrimination claims on the basis of a disability
  • “An accommodation may be unreasonable if it . . . requires a fundamental alteration in the nature of the employer’s program.” (citation omitted) (cleaned up)
  • “An accommodation—even a reasonable one—imposes undue hardship on an employer if it ‘requir[es] significant difficulty or expense, when considered in light’ of several statutory factors.”
  • applying ADA employment discrimination standards in Rehabilitation Act case

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Judges: Sentelle, Henderson, Randolph

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